Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac61e1ad6ca074d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:07:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 36b900db5fc5cec7ad774963b0161adb SHA-1: b62a4d8b61fbbf9c969944b0f436a65b8738da6e SHA-256: ac61e1ad6ca074d0cbb97cbd69ceb88fee7badc29ad8bde3f95508a261e1b418
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which are associated with compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external resources through a series of redirects, consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v4ar19e552as1jgd5vbc329ml2/45363353475.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlai906q5lrsdhdf6scsqg7d55/44692023135.pdf
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/80618094142.pdf
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607669431d8ee---sagabadujosadarulatago.pdf
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34061284597.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7715a41403357b3f64441370e205135/nupapewojilit.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d867defb24---86923959040.pdf
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/96958146211.pdf
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/97248436575.pdf
    • http://statsale.com/data/upload/ck/files/60015224859.pdf
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/16726389697.pdf
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/mivofamaxipunojad.pdf
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a979380a15d1e24a3b9d63968bfe3b3/15391333154.pdf
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdcb9a65e23---biwowivu.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvqi825ah8tbd3pimboi3qmku6/4023710970.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877d865877d---demimipafozuvat.pdf
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/taroxapagikagowulatetul.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8d77ecb3be---galapilunat.pdf
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/12662583454.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abbc15cd8dd---3080231361.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/muvemovezatolalopuze.pdf
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/53956646457.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=yellow+and+orange+color
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ead1.bin
49a9ccb95f10c9cf00212ddda7061dd08dabd609cb4ccbdfdcdc387bb54327f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD1 18228 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ae1.bin
c04ba3fe2575447a20d4af36029e5dd357cc3a88e89657cc2f9a31ae8eb6b007
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AE1 10256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131de.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DE 16792 bytes